Upgrading network installtion of 2000 to 2003
- From: "stevenm" <stevenm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 03:07:14 -0700
Hi guys. We have an administrative installation of Office 2000 Pro which is
delivered to our computers via a group policy software install. We are
planning to move to Office 2003 Professional in the next few months and would
like to continue deploying it in the same way to our computers.
Is there an established 'best practice' way of upgrading the current Office
2000 installation? We want to gradually roll it out to our machines and not
go for a big bang approach (eek!). What I have done to test, with limited
success, is:
1. Add a computer to a group that blocks the Office 2000 Pro install
package. This is to stop Office 2000 reinstalling when it is removed
2. Logon as admin on the computer and remove Office 2000 Pro Disk 1 and Disk
2 through Add/Remove programs. Reboot.
3. Move the PC into an OU that has the Office 2003 group policy which will
install Office 2003
The above works OK, but I am worried about losing macros, templates, etc in
the process. If anyone can help or knows of any white papers from MS then I
would appreciate your help. We are a school with limited numbers of IT staff
and have around 500 PCs and 12 terminal servers to get through so
automating/simplifying this process would be fantastic.
All the best,
Steven.
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